Punyaka, Puṇyaka: 8 definitions
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Puṇyaka (पुण्यक).—
1) A religious or virtuous act (such as fasting &c.).
2) A religious rite or ceremony, a festival &c.,
3) = पुण्यम् (puṇyam) 5; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.3.97.
-kaḥ Name of Viṣṇu.
Derivable forms: puṇyakam (पुण्यकम्).
Puṇyaka (पुण्यक).—n. (kaṃ) A meritorious act or obligation of a religious nature, as fasting, praying, &c. E. puṇya virtue, kan added.
Puṇyaka (पुण्यक).—[puṇya + ka], n. 1. A festival, Mahābhārata 15, 407. 2. A ceremony performed by a woman in order to keep the love of her husband and to get a son, 1, 817. 3. The observance of this ceremony, 1, 760. 4. The presents given to the woman on this occasion, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 7654 (m., corr. perhaps idaṃ for imaṃ).
Puṇyaka (पुण्यक).—[neuter] a cert. religious ceremony.
1) Puṇyaka (पुण्यक):—[from puṇya] n. Name of a [particular] ceremony performed by a woman (= puṇya n. q.v.), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] the present made to a wife on the occasion of the P° ceremony, [Harivaṃśa]
Puṇyaka (पुण्यक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. A meritorious act, as fasting, praying, &c.
Puṇyaka (पुण्यक):—(von puṇya) n. eine religiöse Cerimonie, = niyama, vrata [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 37.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 843.] Festlichkeit, Feier: na kevalaṃ śrāddhakāle puṇyakeṣvapi dīyate [Mahābhārata 13, 4602. 4643.] anyacca vividhaṃ puṇyakaṃ kuru [15, 407.] Insbes. eine Feier, die eine Frau veranstaltet, um die Liebe des Mannes zu bewahren und einen Sohn zu erhalten ([Śabdakalpadruma] u. puṇyakavrata), so wie auch die dabei beobachteten Observanzen, [Mahābhārata 1, 760.] adya tatpuṇyakamupādhyāyānyāḥ [817. 14, 2672.] [Harivaṃśa 7243. 7471. 7722. fgg.] puṇyakāni ca sarvāṇi cīrṇavatyasmi [7752.] vrata [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 25,b,22.] das bei dieser Gelegenheit der Frau gemachte Geschenk: vadhvāḥ saṃprāpayasvemaṃ (masc.!) puṇyakaṃ hṛdayepsitam .. puṇyake satyayā prāpte punareva tvayā taruḥ nandane sthāpyaḥ sthāne yathocite [Harivaṃśa 7654. fg.]
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Puṇyaka (पुण्यक):—[Z. 9], die neuere Ausg. hat saṃprāpayasveśa, [Nīlakaṇṭha] : puṇyakaṃ vratotsavam .
Puṇyaka (पुण्यक):—n. = puṇya 4)b).
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Starts with: Punyakaal, Punyakala, Punyakalasa, Punyakalata, Punyakalavidhi, Punyakannata, Punyakara, Punyakari, Punyakarm, Punyakarman, Punyakarmman, Punyakartar, Punyakartri, Punyakavrata.
Full-text: Punyakavrata, Punyakannata, Tikacatukkacyana.
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Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 78 - The History of the Punyaka Rite < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 77 - Satya Perform the Rite < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 68 - Satyabhama’s Grief < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.9.213 < [Chapter 9 - The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Śrīdhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 160 < [Volume 1 (1871)]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 60 - The Importance of the Intercalary Month < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Customs, Belief and Rituals (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XC < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]